Pre-Work PLC #2 Winter 2025 by Jenna Lightner

"What is your email?"

fcslattery — 2025-03-06 19:26:54 UTC

I used the checklist to assess students' performance on 2 speaking tasks: 1.) "What is your email and phone number" (based on USA Learns video from students in an ESOL class) - asking others their email addresses and phone numbers. We used mini-whiteboards so that students could check and confirm spelling ("Is this right?"). This also enabled me to give easy feedback and facilitated students completing the task with 5-6 different people. The check list was easy to use - I just wrote the students initials in the each column. 2.) How often do you - we created a timeline of "frequency words" - never, sometimes, usually and always. This enables students to give reasons "why" (ELP 4) i.e. I don't eat breakfast because I go to work at 6:00 a.m.

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ELP Template (lesson planning)

fcslattery — 2025-03-06 21:41:53 UTC

I found the template sample helpful - to help me organize my lesson and create some chunks of learning for my students (vocabulary/structures)

Fay

"Effective Grouping Strategies in the Adult ESOL classroom"

fcslattery — 2025-03-06 22:19:08 UTC

I chose this video because I wanted to develop some approaches for intentional and effecitve grouping. I liked the reminder of using "four corners (or 3!)" to create "random groups." Also birth order. But I also really liked the color coded tasks by ability - I want to try to create some groups for like ability so that I can challenge the higher proficiency students and give extra support for the lower proficiency students. Do we have color paper at Bryant? (I think so) :) Will use the Ventures multilevel worksheets with this technique!

Fay